<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Is this an off grid system? If so, the generator needs to be running to execute EQ on the inverter.<br><br><div dir="ltr">Thank you,<div><br></div><div>Maverick</div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jan 31, 2020, at 1:50 PM, Eric Smiley <eric@vecoop.ca> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<div dir="ltr">I recently discovered a critical problem with a client's SW inverter and I want to know if others have encountered this. <div>It's an SW4024 with Flooded Lead Acid batteries. The system is configured using the Custom Battery setting: Bulk and Absorption are set to 29.2 V. Equalize is set to 32 V.</div><div>The problem is when Equalize is enabled, the system goes through Bulk and Absorption just fine. However, when it switches to Equalize it doesn't actually equalize. What I observed was the voltage actually decreased to 0.5 V below the Absorption Voltage setting. </div><div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Eric Smiley, P.Eng.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Project Manager, North Island</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">E: </span><a href="mailto:eric@vecoop.ca" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">eric@vecoop.ca</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">T: 1-888-386-0116 ext 702 (toll free)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">C: 250-703-6004</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">W: </span><a href="http://www.viridianenergy.ca" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">viridianenergy.ca</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://www.viridianenergy.ca/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/zI5FY8yVAfvFf7VtaZc6K9cNYSGpE1vmAIDl5TEHFyy3_574vql1uHlYsUcpSw74Lz3hZPreus9KG7QQL9KzP_xhCNrktRiHtHx_FRhdPY4hstzinUT5SuS21R1VxVC8JdQmMFh-" width="128" height="45" style="border:none" data-unique-identifier=""></span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:rgb(56,118,29);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">RENEWABLE </span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:rgb(11,83,148);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">POWER</span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:rgb(56,118,29);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> NOW</span></p></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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